New Delhi: A batch of 12 cheetahs including seven males and five females have commenced their journey from South Africa and are set to arrive in India on Saturday.
According to reports, Indian Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster Cargo Plane is bringing the cheetahs to India where they will be translocated to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed last month on cooperation in the re-introduction of Cheetahs in India to establish a viable population in the Asian country.
Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav took to Twitter and added “The 12 cheetahs arriving from South Africa, under the visionary leadership of PM Narendra Modi ji to restore our ecological balance, have begun their journey to India. Indian Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster aircraft will get them home tomorrow. Get ready to welcome them,”.
The 12 cheetahs arriving from South Africa, under the visionary leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi ji to restore our ecological balance, have begun their journey to India.
Indian Air Force's C-17 Globemaster aircraft will get them home tomorrow.
Get ready to welcome them. pic.twitter.com/MRlDejQQlo
— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) February 17, 2023
Earlier, eight cheetahs brought from Namibia were released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kuno National Park on the occasion of his birthday on September 17, 2022. The big cat returned to India 71 years after the last recorded cheetah was hunted down in Chhattisgarh in 1952.
The Cheetah Project Chief of India SP Yadav added that “Close cameras have been installed and the big cats have been fitted with radio collars for live tracking. The quarantine enclosure we have made this time is better than the previous one,”.
(With Agency Inputs)
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